New York Knicks Vs Boston Celtics

Dec 5, 1981 103 - 83 Final
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New York Knicks

PLAYER Pts Reb Ast MIN 2M-2A 3M-3A FG% 1M-1A 1% Or Dr Reb Ast To Stl Blk Fo Pts Eff
Michael Ray Richardson 27 16 7 37 10-23 - 43.5% 7-8 87.5% 0 16 16 7 0 0 0 0 27 36
Michael Russell 16 5 7 39 5-12 - 41.7% 3-3 100.0% 0 5 5 7 0 0 0 0 16 21
Maurice Lucas 15 5 0 23 7-11 - 63.6% 1-1 100.0% 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 6 15 16
Sly Williams 13 4 1 23 5-9 - 55.6% 3-4 75.0% 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 13 13
Bill Cartwright 11 9 1 33 3-9 - 33.3% 5-7 71.4% 0 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 11 13
Randy Smith 10 0 1 32 5-6 - 83.3% - - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 10
Larry Demic 5 2 0 7 1-2 - 50.0% 3-5 60.0% 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
Reggie Carter 3 1 3 16 1-3 - 33.3% 1-2 50.0% 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 4
Mike Newlin 3 3 1 15 0-5 - 0.0% 0-3 0.0% 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 -1
Marvin Webster 0 2 1 15 0-1 - 0.0% - - 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
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New York Knicks
103 47 22 240 37-81 0-0 45.7% 23-33 69.7% 0 47 47 22 0 0 0 6 103 118
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Boston Celtics

PLAYER Pts Reb Ast MIN 2M-2A 3M-3A FG% 1M-1A 1% Or Dr Reb Ast To Stl Blk Fo Pts Eff
Cedric Maxwell 17 10 1 27 6-11 - 54.5% 5-8 62.5% 0 10 10 1 0 0 0 6 17 20
Larry Bird 16 10 6 41 7-15 - 46.7% 2-2 100.0% 0 10 10 6 0 0 0 0 16 24
Tiny Archibald 16 0 4 41 5-9 - 55.6% 6-9 66.7% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 16 13
Kevin McHale 11 2 0 27 4-5 - 80.0% 3-4 75.0% 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 11
Rick Robey 6 6 1 26 3-6 - 50.0% 0-2 0.0% 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 8
Gerald Henderson 6 1 2 18 2-9 - 22.2% 2-2 100.0% 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 2
Charles Bradley 4 0 0 6 2-2 - 100.0% - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Robert Parish 3 3 0 22 1-5 - 20.0% 1-2 50.0% 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Terry Duerod 2 1 1 7 1-5 - 20.0% - - 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chris Ford 2 0 0 24 0-4 - 0.0% 2-2 100.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2
Eric Fernsten 0 0 0 1 0- - - 0-1 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
M.L. Carr 0 0 0 1 - - - 0-0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Boston Celtics
83 33 15 240 31-71 0-0 43.7% 21-32 65.6% 0 33 33 15 0 0 0 6 83 80

Boxscore glossary

Basketball stats abbreviations

  • MIN: Minutes played
  • 2M-2A: Two-points field goal made, attempted
  • 3M-3A: Three-points field goal made, attempted
  • FG%: Field goal percentage
  • 1M-1A: Free throws made, attempted
  • 1%: Free throw percentage
  • Or: Offensive rebounds
  • Dr: Defensive rebounds
  • Reb: Total rebounds
  • Ast: Assists
  • Stl: Steals
  • Blk: Blocks
  • Fo: Personal fouls
  • Pts: Points scored
  • Eff: Efficiency

If a player records double digits in a game in two of the PTS, REB, AST, STL or BLK statistics, he has a double-double. If he does it in three of this categories, he has a triple-double. If he does it in four categories he has a quadruple-double. Having a triple-double is considered as having a great game. Quadruple-doubles are extremely rare. Having one constitutes an historical performance. The last NBA player to record a quadruple double is David Robinson: it happened on February 17, 1994